BAE Systems has received a $74.7 million U.S. Army contract to design, construct and commission a new facility that will improve production efficiency and modernize energetics manufacturing at the installation.

The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $376 million for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) phase of the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program and rapid prototyping effort with low-rate initial production options.

BAE Systems has received a U.S. Army contract modification valued at $96.6 million, bringing the total contract value to $158 million, to design, build, and commission a natural gas-fired steam facility at Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HSAAP), an Army-owned, contractor-operated site located in Kingsport, Tennessee.